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Beavers give unbeaten Adrian a scare (softball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 31, 2011 - 7:04pm

By Mallory Kemper, sports information intern

The Bluffton University softball team hosted undefeated and #14 Adrian College on March 31 in a doubleheader and lost 5-0 and 1-0 in a thrilling nine-inning nightcap. The Beavers fell to 10-9 on the season while Adrian stayed perfect at 20-0.

The Bulldogs opened the third inning with a single from Katrina Wotten. She advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored following a Bluffton miscue.

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University civic engagement forum focus: global poverty

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2011 - 6:32pm

Dr. Jonathan Andreas, assistant professor of economics at Bluffton University, will present "A History of Global Poverty" at Bluffton's Civic Engagement Forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, in Founders Hall.

Free and open to the public, the forum is part of the university's 2010-11 focus on the civic engagement theme of "Living with Enough: Responding to Global Poverty."

Andreas, who earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois-Chicago, holds a bachelor's degree in American studies from Grinnell College in Iowa.

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Bluffton rolls to 17-10 win at Albion (baseball)

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 30, 2011 - 6:32am

By Mallory Kemper, sports information intern

The Bluffton University baseball team traveled to Albion College on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 to take on the Britons in a non-conference game. The Beavers pounded out 16 hits in a 17-10 win over Albion. Bluffton improved to 8-10, while Britons slipped to 4-11 on the season.

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Bluffton senior performs trumpet recital April 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2011 - 12:36pm

Jacob Litwiller, a trumpet player from Hopedale, Ill., will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.

Litwiller is a student of Dr. Jeffrey Boehm, a professor of music at Bluffton. Boehm will join Litwiller and 12 others-primarily current Bluffton students-in an instrumental ensemble that will perform Litwiller's "Quintet No. 2 in A," conducted by Brandon Fullenkamp, a Bluffton senior from Wapakoneta, Ohio.

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Sarah Diller presents senior recital on April 3

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2011 - 12:35pm

Vocalist Sarah Diller will perform her Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public; a reception will follow in the lobby.

The Bluffton native, a soprano, will sing numbers by Handel, Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Georges Bizet, as well as "If Somebody There Chanced to Be," from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore"; "The Girl in 14G" by Jeanine Tesori; and "Shine" by James Valcq, from the musical "The Spitfire Grill."

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Bluffton art faculty member to lead colloquium

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 28, 2011 - 12:34pm

Darryl Moody, assistant professor of art at Bluffton University, will reflect this Friday, April 1, on his photographic work that resulted from a Bluffton University Research Center grant last summer.

Set for 4 p.m. in Centennial Hall's Stutzman Lecture Hall, his colloquium presentation, "Large Format Fine Art Printing: Approach, Process and Proof," will follow the stages of capturing, developing, editing, printing and presenting unique photographic works in an enlarged view. The event is free and open to the public.

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